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Candidates Speak for Progress
Public appearances of those in the race for Morrow county
judge on both Democratic and Republican tickets Indicate that
they have some ideas in common. Most of them have spoken
in strong terms of progress and development for Morrow county.
Their ideas on how this progress is to be implemented may
differ, but there seems to be rather unanimous support for
such projects as the Willow Creek dam, development of the
Boeing project and the Columbia river waterfront, maximum
use of recreation potential and planning for better roads.
Another theme that seems to be emphasized in the candi
dates' thinking is the need to "unify" the county, to coordinate
the north end with the south end. Because of the distance be
tween the northern and southern points, it takes some con
scientious work for each to be cognizant of the problems of the
other.
It is good to see the candidates going on record on these
points. The county cannot stand still. It must continue to work
for development and a broader economic base. Judge Oscar
Peterson has done good work in pressing for progress, and It
is good to hear the candidates plan to continue in this vein.
Considerable can be done in unifying the county, as the
candidates suggest. Just because the county seat is in the
southern end of the county doesn't mean that the north should
be without adequate voice and representation. This seems to be
well recognized now. With all parts of the county working
for the common good, new horizons can be opened, particularly
if all recognize the need for progress.
Know Your Candidates
With this issue of the Gazette-Times, a "Know Your Candi
dates" feature is being started. This will give ideas and plat
forms of the candidates in the form of material submitted by
them. The series is presented at random not by the office
sought. In order to be as fair about it as possible a drawing
was conducted to determine the order that each candidate
would be presented. First to be drawn are those appearing
this week.
Devastation in Alaska
There is particular sympathy here to the people of Alaska
after the awful devastation of earthquake wracked and ripped
the 49th state. Feeling is keener because so many of our local
residents have ties in Alaska with relatives and friends there.
First meager information that brings news of these loved ones
indicates that they survived without serious injury. At this
writing there have been no reports of casualties among those
who are known here, and this brings real gratitude.
Property toll is terrific, of course, and the probability is that
the largest portion of the loss is without insurance relief. This
capricious natural phenomenon leaves mortal beings with a
sense of helplessness. The desire of all to help those in this
distress is strongly felt, but as yet few avenues have been made
known for assistance to bo given. Undoubtedly some opportun
ities will come where we may show tangible evidence of the
kinship we feel.
Many people will welcome the opportunity to share with
them.
In any section of the country an earthquake of this magnitude
would be a terrible blow, but tt is especially bad to such a
young state which had Just taken its place in the Union after
long tenure as a territory. Progress it was making has been
given a severe setback.
But indomltability of the human spirit assures that Alaska
will clear its debris and arise greater than ever. One thing
is particularly in its favor. The typo of people who venture to
this northernmost state, as well as those who are natives there,
would seem to be a particularly hardy and vigorous breed.
Many have a spirit of perseverance not unlike the pioneers
to the West in the lS50's and after. Their strength will serve
them well in this emergency.
Delegates Make Ungainly Ballot
There has been considerable discussion recently about the
possibility of determining another method of choosing dele
gates to national party conventions in presidential election years,
oilier than electing them at the primaries.
Choice might be made for instance at state party conventions,
rather than leaving the matter to the electorate at large.
Those who view the primary ballots for the May 15 election
will soon determine why this proposal is made. More than
half the long ballot for each party is used in listing the candi
dates for delegates and national committeemen and committee
women. The Democrat ballot has 54 candidates for delegate to be
elected at large, (14 to be elected) in addition to the four listed
on the Morrow county ballot from the second Congressional
district, (two to be elected). The Republican ballot has Gl
candidates for the at-large positions (10 to be elected) and 12
for the second Congressional district delegate posts (two to bo
elected).
In the long lists of the at-large delegates some of the names
will be familiar to most voters, such as Mark Hatfield, Wayne
Morse, and so on, but probably the largest percentage of them
mean nothing to the voters at large unless the candidate hap
ix'iis to reside in the same area where the voter lives. There
is a tendency, then, when the voter casts his ballot to feel a
sense of futility. He might make his cross in front of names
which sound the best or select names that are similar to those
of good friends.
In Morrow county this year, each ballot (Republican and
Democrat) is an ungainly 30 inches long. They would be half
that length if the delegate candidates were not on them. This
creates confusion to the voter and adds expense in getting the
ballot printed.
Probnbly the greatest struggle, though, comes in the hectic
hours of counting the votes. The delegate contests at least
double the job of counting boards and slow the election returns.
It will he a wearisome task this year.
Another method of picking delegates certainly should be
studied.
The Ironic Injury to John Glenn
For years Hie National Safety Council has declared that one
of the most dangerous places a person can be Is in his own
home because of the wide variety of accidents which occur there.
The recent injury of Astronaut John Glenn would seem to prove
the point to the height of irony. This great man who success
fully completed one of the most hazardous undertakings, soar
ing around the world at fantastic speeds and heights in a
space capsule, slipped and fell in his own bathtub with a
resultant injury to his inner ear so severe that he has had
to withdraw his candidacy from a senatorial race.
- TIMES. Thursday. April 2, 1964
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
THE NICE white snow that has
been so bountiful in the moun
tains for an excellent winter
season started rolling down Wil
low Creek looking like thick
chocolate when Old Sol started
to burst forth this week to herald
that spring is here for sure. It
is an odd thing how deep the
snow was just a few miles to
the south and southeast while
Heppner had only one or two
inches ail winter. And just a few
miles to the north lands are
quite parched with very little
moisture at all. Banana belt, for
sure. In fact, too much so for
our rancher friends.
JF VOTERS in the primaries take
time to read and figure out all
the slogans they will find on
the ballot, they will be in the
voting booths for some time In
deed.
We have pondered on the one
or M. A. Yegge, Democratic can
didate for Secretary of State
since we printed the ballots Sat
urday and are still perplexed by
it. It is this: "For wheresoever
the carcass is there the eagles
wm be gathered." There would
be several ways of interpreting
that and some not to the credit
of the politicians.
QUESTION: What do thev call
It when you're stung by a bee
and bitten by a mosauito at the
same time?
ANSWER: Sting along with
itch.
DR. CLIFF and Betty Wagner
have a nice article concerning
them in this month's issue of
Ruralite magazine, no doubt
written by Webb Allison of that
publication.
It tells about the Wagners'
rock hunting hobby, and has
Ihree large pictures accompany
ing it. One shows the Wagner
home and two others show Bettv
with part of their fine gem and
mineral collection.
The Wagners are good mem
bers of the Morrow County Rock-
hounds, and this is fine pub
licity for the local society, too,
When the article was men
tioned to Betty to congratulate
her, she pointed out that the
picture of her was taken two
years ago. But you wouldn't ex
pect to complain about that,
would you?
THE DAY'S MAIL brought a
front page from the Apache
Sentinel of Apache Junction,
TO THE
EDITOR. . .
To the Editor,
I wonder if the writer of "Food
for Thought," he being a new
farmer but an old resident, has
the basic inform a t i o n that
brought on the present chaotic
farm prices?
To begin with the writer told
me he was going to vote against
the farm program last year in
spite of the fact we were all
warned time and again what
ould happen, and the Demo
crats are to blame when it was
well-known fact that the
Southern Democrats are so in
ime only.
The reason that farm legisla
tion is almost impossible to
come by is "The Benson Era"
under a Republican. Benson in
my belief set out to destroy every
estige ot prestige and honor
that the American farmer ever
had by insinuating and half
true statements and by allow-
ng (lie adverse magazine art-
es to go unanswered. Now,
these are facts: There was no
surplus wheat when Eisenhower
ent into office and the Federal
Treasury had received many mil
lions in profits on the wheat
program up until this time. How
ever, Mr. Benson asked for and
got a 36 cut in wheat acres
in 1953, due to excess planted
acreage, then due to a recession
that year lie let us sow this 36
to barley, and industry couldn't
afford to lose 13 of its agri
cultural business. The corn men
seeded soy beans, the cotton
men seeded kaft'ir and the wheat
men seeded barley for eight
years and the resulting surplus
in feed grains were 300 of
wheats. Now the writer of "Food
for Thought" should have known
that we would have to take
Japan and Russian prices for our
wheat when the program was
voted down.
As for cattle: While finished
beef prices do affect us here in
directly we are not a fat beef
producing county but we do pro
mice calves and feeders, and in
1955 and 1956 calf and feeder
prices were a full six or seven
cents below now. Lots of us took
14 cents per pound, and under
a Republican administration, too.
Australian imports are in the
Department of State's bailiwick,
as the deal was made to trade
American industrial machinery
and know how "to develop the
great irrigation projects there"
for Australian farm products in
1959 and '60. That is all that
Australia has to pay us for our
machinery with, and the Re
publican party is the party of
industry.
The Department of Agricul
ture's budget had never been a
billion dollars until Benson took
over, then it went to as much
as 7 billions trying to destroy j
tne tarm programs with sur
pluses.
O. W. Cutsforth
Ariz., sent to us by Garnet Bar
ratt.
One of the prominent stories
on the front page of the paper
told about L. C. (Buck) eucnner
former president of the Bank of
Eastern Oregon at Arlington. The
Chamber of Commerce of Apache
Junction has hired Buck as
chamber manager, their first
paid executive. He and Mrs.
Buchner have been living in a
place called Sunnyslope, but it
isn't hard for people to move
down there. All they have to do
is hitch up their trailer houses,
and pull them a few miles.
Buchner helped start the Bank
of Eastern Oregon in 1945 and
lived in Oregon more than 50
years when he went to Arizona
in 1962.
What would they do down
there without all these good
people we send them?
One-Shot
Roscoe
As Told By
ORVILLE W. CUTSFORTH
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One time my wife and I were
up to our cabin. It was during
grouse season and we were hunt
ing grouse. We were traveling
all over around through the
the "Devil's Halfacre" and we
never saw a grouse. We had no
luck. Old Roscoe wasn t at his
trailer house. He wasn't around
so I surmised he was out hunt
ing grouse. We were cooking
lunch in the cabin at noon and
here comes Roscoe with a sack
over his shoulder and his old
22 special.
He said, "What luck did you
have?"
I said, "None."
He said, "Take these," and he
dropped the sack off his shoulder
and went on.
I dumped the contents of the
sack on the floor and there were
three grouse, each shot through
the eye and Roscoe wore no
glasses. This was in 1959.
Roscoe Cox was a fine old man.
He was proud and he was honest.
He took no help from any man.
If we were at the cabin for a
few days and had some grub
left, if we took it down to him,
his hand went in his pocke- and
out came the money to pay for
it. By gosh, you better take that
money. He wanted no help and
he lived by himself and he died
that way.
Farm Bureau Endorses
Stand of Governor
In a meeting of the Morrow
County Farm Bureau held March
24 at the home of the Bureau's
president, Herman Blettell, it
was voted to sponsor a letter of
congratulations to Gov. Mark
Hatfield on his recent endorse
ment of the voluntary wheat bill.
The letter reads, "Dear Mr.
Hatfield: The Morrow County
Farm Bureau wishes to congrat
ulate you on your stand concern
ing the wheat bill. We support
your action in urging national
delegation to vote for a volun
tary wheat bill."
Other discussion centered on
the tax appraisal program in the
county, and on the workman's
compensation bill.
Need Van Housen of Ukiah,
Calif., visited here Monday with
his sister, Mrs. Kent (Verle)
Richardson. He had been in Un
ion to see their father, Giles
Van Housen, who is recovering
from a recent heart attack. He
apparently is making satisfac
tory progress following the at
tack. For Your
Protection
Turner, Van Marter
and Bryant
Answers Your
Insurance Questions
QUESTION: Insurance agents
are always talking about
"floater" insurance policies.
Can you tell me if there is
any difference between this
type of insurance and the ord
inary insurance policy?
ANSWER: In the ordinary
standard insurance policy the
company states the various
kinds of losses for which it
will pay and it is not liable
for losses not specifically
mentioned. In the "floater"
the company is liable for all
losses not specifically exclud
ed by the policy.
This public service is our way
of advertising. Your insurance
questions will be answered
without charge or obligation
if you'll send or bring them
to
Turner, Van Marter
and Bryant
Heppner Ph. 676-9653
Terrel Benges Support
Girl In Foster Plan
Mr. and Mrs. Terrel L. Benge
of lone, have financially "adop
ted" Erlinda C. Tapanan, a 7-year-old
Filipino girl, through
Foster Parents' Plan, Inc. 352
Park Avenue South, New York
City 10010. The Foster Parent
has promised to contribute $15 a
month for the child's support for
fit least a year.
Erlinda's father is so seriously
ill with tuberculosis that he can
not work. There are four young
children In the family and Er
linda is the oldest. She has two
brothers, Basilio Jr. (4) and Leo
nardo (five months) and a sis
ter, Evelyn (3). The only source
of the family income is what
the mother can earn, while
caring for her young children.
She does laundry for her neigh
bors about three times a week,
earning 40c a day.
They live in a small shack
located in a squatters' slum ad
joining a government housing
project. It consists of one room
constructed of dried palm leaves
and light woods. The family
sleeps on the floor. It is in the
Quirino district in Quezon City
a suburb of Manila. Erlinda is
rather a frail little girl. She is
now in the first grade and likes
school so much that she wants
to be a teacher when she is
grown. For one so young, she
takes a lot of responsibilities
and helps her mother all she can
with household chores.
Your generosity, through
PLAN, provides this child with
a cash grant of $8.00 a month,
medical care, some clothing and
the chance to get her education
while she is growing up. Your
kind assistance and friendship
are precious gifts, smoothing her
pathway to a more secure and
happier childhood and future.
"Adoption" through Foster
Parents' plan is financial, not
legal. A warm, personal relation
ship is developed through a
monthly exchange of letters.
PLAN transmits both original
and translation, and the letters
are treasured by Foster Parent
and Foster Child. When Dr. Mere
flith M. Hogue of Milwaukee vis
ited the Korean Foster Child
given him to celebrate the 25th
Anniversary of his pastorate, he
found that his letters were tat
tered from constant reading. He
wrote "I was especially pleased
with the attitude of the Foster
Parents' social worker her re
lation to the child and her fam
ily and her cordiality to me. We
were not just numbers to her. . ."
No Foster Child or Foster Par
ent is a number to PLAN. The
Foster Child describes the near
miraculous changes in his life
in letters to "Dear Foster Par
ent." He tells of the cash grant
he receives monthly and how he
spends it. The other benefits
new clothing chosen and fitted
just for him, food packages,
household equipment, blankets,
medical care, school fees and
books and other wonders are
mentioned in letters from the
Foster Child.
Foster Parents' Plan has fullv
staffed headquarters in Italy,
Greece, Korea, Hong Kong, Viet
Nam, the Philippines, Columbia
and Ecuador, to provide the Fos
ter Child with on-the-spot guid
ance and counselling.
Wrangler Playdays
To Start Sunday
First of the spring series of
Wrangler Playdays has been an
nounced for Sunday, April 5, at
the Wrangler playgrounds.
Members will meet at noon for
a potluck dinner, with the show
of competitive events to start at
1:00 p.m. Judges will record
timings for the starting of the
point system to be carried
through the spring playdays.
There will be events for all age
groups.
All spectators are welcome to
come and watch the activities,
without charge.
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ERLINDA TAPANAN, 7-year-old
Filipino girl, has been "fin
ancially" adopted by Mr. and
Mrs. Terrel Benge of lone in
a foster plan project.
Biddies to Meet
Lexington Co-op Biddies will
meet Monday, April 6, at l:3f
p.m. at the Lexington City Ha'
At the meeting, Ola Ruggles and
Edna Turner will demonstrate
the making of Scotty dogs. Mem
bers are asked to bring four
ounces of yarn, any color, twe
wire clothes hangers, two card
board rolls from toilet paper or
paper towels, two buttons for
eyes, one shoe button or similar
for nose, one long pipe stem or
two short ones, one pair pliers,
pair scissors, needle, thread,
thimble and imagination.
Coming Events
BETTER DRESS WORKSHOP
Third meeting, April 6, 9:30
a.m.
Lexington School (upstairs).
Mrs. Beulah Hynd, instructor.
FOUR-H MEETING
"A 4-H'er and His . Money"
Saturday, April 4, Heppner
Elementary multip u r p o s e
room. 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
For both boys and girls.
PANCAKE SUPPER
Lexington IOOF Hall
Saturday, April 4, 5:30 to 8:00
p.m.
Adults, $1.25; children, 75c.
Pinochle, Bridge following.
CO OP BIDDIES MEETING
Lexington City Hall
Monday, April 6, 1:30 p.m.
WRANGLER PLAYDAY
Wrangler Playgrounds.
Potluck dinner, noon. Show
starts 1:00 p.m.
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